30 for 30

Thirty random facts about me – one for each year that I’ve been alive (that’s right – it’s my 30th birthday!)

30. When I was a baby, I would take my dirty diaper off and smear poop all over my crib.
29. As a Toddler, I enjoyed sitting directly in front of the tv and watching CMT.
28. Speaking of music video channels, I pretty much hate them nowadays. Then again, I know who Dire StraightsStraits is (thanks for the tip, Chuck.)
27. I snuck off to grandma’s house next door to watch Beavis and Butthead in the summers.
26. My first “real” cassette tape was Madonna: the Immaculate Collection
25. I hated those gaudy, hot, itchy holiday dresses as a little girl. I still hate seeing baby girls in them today. They’re ugly.
24. I haven’t had a cavity since I was 8 years old.
23. I faked sick to come home at lunch at least once per week in 2nd grade.
22. I was a goody two-shoes from the beginning of my Elementary School years until… Well… I sort of still am in some ways.
21. I was a tomboy from ages 12 to 14; you wouldn’t catch me wearing anything but Nike shoes and apparel.
20. Pesky acne has plagued me since age 11.
19. I cannot remember who my first boyfriend was. Not joking. And I could care less.
18. I do not believe “you can take the girl out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the girl. Ok, maybe it’s true, but I hate the saying. Corny.
17. When I tried out for drum major in high school, my fellow band geeks made me congratulatory cards and bought celebratory gifts because they were certain I’d be chosen. Except, I didn’t make it for drum major. Do’h!
16. I didn’t start eating salad until I was in my 20s.
15. Chocolate Devotion is my favorite Cold Stone Creamery treat.
14. When I was a Freshman in college, I hung around Campus Crusade for Christ members and leaders for a month or two. They were so pushy that I bailed – officially calling it quits on my Birthday.
13. I’ve never had a pedicure.
12. I once let a classmate cheat off my final exam in Biology 104.
11. I was 20 when I first saw the ocean in person.
10. I hate the ocean.
9. I had my very first alcoholic mixed drink on my honeymoon in Vegas. It was disgusting, it burnt my throat, I hated it, I’ve never had a mixed drink since (and that was in 2006.)
8. My very first Starbucks coffee gave me the very worst case of diarrhea ever.
7. Winter is my favorite season, no lie.
6. Most years I put the Christmas tree up the second full weekend of November.
5. I seriously have no skeletons in my closet. How many 30 year olds can honestly say that?
4. I love Def Leppard. I’m such an 80s baby.
3. I can’t cook to save my life, pretty much.
2. One of my favorite memories from childhood and teenage years: sitting on the porch with grandma and talking about people.
1. If I ever write a memoir, I plan to name it, “My Dad was a Used Car Dealer”.